Finnair to resume flights from Helsinki to Guangzhou

Finnair is to renew flights from Helsinki to the Chinese language metropolis of Guangzhou subsequent month for the primary time in additional than two years.

The airline will restart the weekly route on 6 September as a part of its ongoing plans to revive its long-haul community to Asia following the pandemic.

Flights from Helsinki to Guangzhou will function on Tuesday with the return service departing the Chinese language metropolis on Thursday. The required Covid-19 testing for journey to China will likely be accessible at Helsinki airport.

Ole Orver, Finnair’s chief industrial officer, mentioned the airline deliberate to “regularly” enhance its companies for the Chinese language market.

Finnair already flies to China’s largest metropolis Shanghai as soon as per week, in addition to serving different Asian gateways resembling Tokyo and Bangkok.

The airline has lengthy relied on being a hub to the Far East as a part of its enterprise technique, however a few of these routes have been impacted by Russia’s ban on EU-based carriers using its airspace following the outbreak of the struggle in Ukraine earlier this yr.